The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-04-07
Deaths.

Deaths.
Mr.. Frank M Young died at his resi-
dence III this city on Saturday morning last
Of consumption.
For more than a year past his health had
been perceptibly declining. Some three
months ago he retired from active business
and from that time to the date Of his death
had been unable to leave his room. Inc
approaches Of the final summons were very
gradual, the patieLt growing weaker and
weaker as each sun went down. From the
first he was thoroughly conscious OF his
/ condition, and when the end came 1t found
him thoroughly prepared.
Mr.. Young was born in Loudoun county
on the 30th of September, 1921. In cary
life he engaged in the mercantile business
in Culpeper, and subsequently held Tor
number of years responsible position IN
one of the largest dry goods establishments
in Philadelphia. In 1858 he married Mar
garet, daughter of the late James Bell,
Esq, of this county. and several years
later moved TO Augusta, purchasing the
farm just east of the city. now owned by
Mr.. P. N. Powell. During the war he was
interested in and managed the WOODEN
mills located near Staunton, and after the
close of hostilities engaged in the merchan-
| tile business, In which he continued to the
date of his death.
/ No man ever lived in this community
who enjoyed in more marked degree the
respect and esteem Of all classes. His nat
| urally strong mind had been well trained in
| youth and cultivated in after years by an
| extended course of reading. A close OBJ
server Of men and affairs, he rarely erred
in his estimate Of character, whilst his
| judgment upon business matters was sin
| gularly farsghted and correct. Pure in
his purposes, and strong where manly
strength was needed. his whole life was
pronounced exemplifcation of absolute
integrity in thought and word and action.
The petty tricks Of trade, the questionable
practices of business, the refuge from moral
responsibility in legal technically = in
short, the slightest departure from the
straightforward pathway of common, old
| fashioned honesty, was to him a matter
not to be lightly overlooked or readily ex-
cused. He sympathiZed with the unfortu-
nate where there was no faint of wrong
doing, and lent helping hand to those
who were manfully struggling with adyer-
sitv. His guiding principle was to do the
right as he saw the right, and in following
Al, Jo;I 4 In 1oI oh
acter that commanded the admiration of
all who were familiar with it-a charac-
ter intolerant of cant and hypocrisy and
veneer and sham and show, but quick to
discern and appreciate genuine worth. lie
was happy in his domestic life. lie loved
his home and the dear ones gathered there.
and the devotion drew forth a loving re-
spouse. He taught his children how to
live and taught them how to die. AS the
/ end drew near and the feet of the weary
pilgrim touched the sands of the farther
shore, the flight of the spirit was but the
rounding out Of life of singular symmet
4 ry-a fitting close to the earthly career Of
that hottest work of God-an honest man
/ Mr.. Young left surviving him a wife
and six children. His eldest daughter il
the wife of Mr.. Jacob Yost. The fnnera
took place from the, family residence or
Monday morning, Rev. DR.. Mcfarland Of
the first Presbyterian Church conducting
the services.
Many Of our citizens remember g Jim
Dull, as he was familiarly called, who wal
a stage driver, as was his fatheF before
him, and contractor on the Monterey lint
in 80. He was q genial, faithful, a.
we'll as sensible man. firm in his opinions
and decided in expressing them, but Away!
courteous and obliging. After leaving thu
road, BECAUSE there was no money in it
commensurate with the service performed
he removed to Botetourt county, wherl
he had purchased a little farm, and intend
ed 10 spend the balance of his days in peac'
; and in the company of his family. From
some cause or other, however, his minf
gave way, and he was taken to the lunati
asylum at Williamsburg. His devoted
wife tried time and again to get him trans
ferred to the lunatic asylum at this plac
but failed. His discharge came, however
not only from confinement at an insan
institution but from the cares of life, as tn
I following paragraph, taken from the Fin
castle correspondence OF the RICHMOND
J Dispatch, tells:
The remains Of James F. Dull arrive,
! here to-day from Williamsburg and wer
: inferred in the Methodist cemetery, Rev
r. r.. Houston officiating. Mr.. Dull wa
a man of strict integrity and highly es
; teemed by his many friends. For thirty
odd years he was Il well-known stage drive
: in this section of Virginia, and many PEG
pie Will hear of his death with sorrow.
. few years ago he quit the stage bushes
$ Until recently he was man of unusua
yigor of mind and body, but about tWelv
months ago dark cloud came over hi
mind which was never lifted. He leave
a wife and several children"
: Our citizens generally have not forgotte
the family of Rev. J I. Miller, the founde
: of the Stanton Female Seminary, and 70
: many years its able and erudite principal
:, and especially his two interesting boys
Almond and Fletcher. The latter was nc
l ted for his mechanical genius and CAV
early promise of bright and useful man
hood. The following announcement j.
i the Page Courier of the 31st, tells the sa
:. story of the brave struggle with disease
, and the Christian triumph in the hour Q
5 death of this exemplary and bright youn
e man;
a After the bravest eight for life we hay
Il ever seen made by any one, Fletcher Miller
N the youngest son of Rev. j. I. Miller, I
g D., of this place, departed this life las
u Thursday morning at lips O'Clock. Al
s. fiicted for several years with malady in
# variably fat al. and from it's nature depress
% ing, be struggled manfully against its ra,
y ages. and to the last maintained a hopefl
IS and cheerful disposition. When be coul
Is hold out no longer in the unequal contes
y against our common enemy and becam
g conscious of the fact that the sands of h
r. y.